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Chicago welcomes you

Chicago Tribune archive photo

Sign hangers (left) Nick Padula and James Stewart, both city workers, put up "Welcome Apollo 11" signs along Michigan Avenue. The signs were posted along the parade route for Apollo 11 astronauts and their families.

Sign hangers (left) Nick Padula and James Stewart, both city workers, put up "Welcome Apollo 11" signs along Michigan Avenue. The signs were posted along the parade route for Apollo 11 astronauts and their families. (Chicago Tribune archive photo)

Sign hangers (left) Nick Padula and James Stewart, both city workers, put up "Welcome Apollo 11" signs along Michigan Avenue. The signs were posted along the parade route for Apollo 11 astronauts and their families.